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Don’t Let Go: The Prophets’ Hard Truths, the People’s Hard Choices, and the God Who Restores Us

A FREE study in the First 5 mobile app, starting July 13

What if the choices and consequences you keep struggling with aren’t random … but they’re a pattern God wants to interrupt?

Sometimes the hardest part isn’t realizing something feels off. It’s realizing how long you’ve been carrying it. Managing it. Explaining it away. Trying to convince yourself it’s not really that big of a deal.

Until one day you realize: I’m here again.

The same reaction.The same tension.The same place you really thought you were past.

As you walk with the kings of Israel and hear the voices of the prophets, you’ll see how God meets His people right in the middle of their cycles and calls them back to Himself again and again.

This study will help you recognize the patterns quietly keeping you stuck, respond to conviction without spiraling into shame, and take practical steps toward surrender, healing, and growth.

Because you don’t have to keep repeating what you’re ready to be free from.

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Today’s Teaching

Striving To Be Last

Felicia Caid Smith

Day: 21 | Plan: Mark

Start Here: Mark 9:30-50

Key Verse: Mark 9:35 (ESV) "And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, 'If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.'"

Major Moment: Jesus predicted His death again and taught about humility and temptation.

"Hold on. What did you just say?" It's my go-to phrase when I overhear my children speak something unkind or disrespectful ...
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